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HUMANE SOCIETY 



OF 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



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THE SOCIETY'S GOLD MEDAL. 



8 

CHARTER AND BY-LAWS 



OF 



THE HUMANE SOCIETY 

OF THE 

Commonfoealt!) of JHassarfjugettg : 

i INSTITUTED 1786. 
WITH 

A SELECTED LIST OF PREMIUMS 

AWARDED FROM JUNE, 1 876, TO JUNE, l880, 
AND A 

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES. 

ALSO A LIST OF LIFEBOATS AND MORTAR STATIONS 
WITH OTHER DATA. 



Printed by Direction of the Society. 




BOSTON : 

PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 49 FEDERAL STREET. 

1880. 



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NOTE. 



In the year 1877, a committee of the Trustees, consisting of Messrs. F. 
B. Crowninshield, Caleb A. Curtis and Augustus T. Perkins, reprinted the 
History of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachu- 
setts, "almost exactly as it came from the hands of Messrs. Francis Park- 
man, John Homans and John L. Gardner, in 1845, making only such addi- 
tions as the lapse of thirty years had rendered necessary."* 

At the annual meeting of the Society, held April 8, 1879, tne Recording 
Secretary was requested to cause a few copies of the amended By-Laws 
to be printed, together with the Charter, list of past and present Trustees 
and Officers, and a selection from the awards made since 1875. 

As some further changes in the By-Laws were then under consideration, 
this request has not been complied with until the present time. 

The selection of premiums and awards, now printed, was made by 
Messrs. Motley and Lawrence of the Standing Committee. 

It is to be observed that undoubtedly some errors will be found in the 
spelling of proper names, obtained as they have been from such various 
sources. 

HENRY AUSTIN WHITNEY, 

Recording Secretary. 
Boston, June 1, 1880. 

* See prefatory note to History, p. 2 



OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES 

OF 

THE HUMANE SOCIETY 

• FOR 1880-1881. 

PRESIDENT. 

Rev. SAMUEL K. LOTHROP, D. D. 

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. 

THOMAS MOTLEY. 

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. 

AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS. 

TREASURER. 

H. HOLLIS HUNNEWELL. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

CHARLES D. HOMANS, M. D. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

HENRY AUSTIN WHITNEY. 



JAMES DAVIS, BENJ. W. CROWNINSHIELD, 

JOHN P. BAYLEY, HENRY LEE, 

ABBOTT LAWRENCE, JOHN COLLINS WARREN, M. D. 

STANDING COMMITTEE. 

THOMAS MOTLEY, {Chairman), ABBOTT LAWRENCE, 

HENRY LEE. 



LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 



From its Formation to the Present Time. 



PRESIDENTS. 



JAMES BOWDOIN, 
THOMAS RUSSELL, 
JONATHAN MASON, 
JOHN WARREN, 
AARON DEXTER, 
WILLIAM SPOONER, 
JONATHAN AMORY, 



BENJAMIN RICH, 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, 
ROBERT G. SHAW,. 
DAVID SEARS, 
F. B. CROWNINSHIELD, 
SAMUEL K. LOTHROP. 



FIRST VICE PRESIDENTS. 



THOMAS RUSSELL, 
JONATHAN MASON, 
JOHN WARREN, 
SIMEON HOWARD, 
JOHN LATHROP, 
THOMAS DAWES, 
WILLIAM SPOONER, 
SAMUEL COBB, 
BENJAMIN RICH, 



JOHN C. WARREN, 
CHARLES LOWELL, 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, 
ROBERT G. SHAW, 
JOHN HOMANS, 
ROBERT B. FORBES, 
JAMES DAVIS, 
THOMAS MOTLEY. 



SECOND VICE PRESIDENTS. 



JOHN WARREN, 
SIMEON HOWARD, 
JOHN LATHROP, 
AARON DEXTER, 
WILLIAM SPOONER, 
SAMUEL PARKMAN, 
SAMUEL COBB, 
JONATHAN AMORY, 
JOHN C. WARREN, 
CHARLES LOWELL, 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, 



ROBERT G. SHAW, 
DANIEL P. PARKER, 
ABBOTT LAWRENCE, 
WILLIAM APPLETON, 
SAMUEL HOOPER, 
ROBERT B. FORBES, 
SAMUEL K. LOTHROP, 
JAMES DAVIS, 
THOMAS MOTLEY, 
AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS. 



TREASURERS. 



SIMEON HOWARD, 
SAMUEL PARKER, 
EDWARD GRAY, 
JOHN ELIOT, 
SAMUEL COBB, 
EPHRAIM ELIOT, 
HENDERSON INCHES, 



JOHN L. GARDNER, 

CHARLES AMORY, 

F. B. CROWNINSHIELD, 

JOSEPH P. GARDNER, 

CALEB A. CURTIS, 

H. HOLLIS HUNNEWELL. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 



THOMAS WELSH, 
JOHN CLARKE, 
SAMUEL PARKER, 
AARON DEXTER, 
WILLIAM SPOONER, 
GEORGE G. LEE, 



CHARLES LOWELL, 
JOHN HEARD, Jr., 
JACOB BIGELOW, 
JOHN HOMANS, 
SAMUEL K. LOTHROP, 
CHARLES D. HOMANS. 



RECORDING SECRETARIES. 



JOHN CLARKE, 
SAMUEL PARKER, 
JOHN AVERY, Jr., 
EDWARD GRAY, 
CHARLES DAVIS, 
FRANCIS J. OLIVER, 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, 



SAMUEL A. ELIOT, 
JOHN L. GARDNER, 
SAMUEL HOOPER, 
HENRY A. PIERCE, 
JOHN P. BAYLEY, 
AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS, 
HENRY A. WHITNEY. 



TRUSTEES. 



SAMUEL PARKER, 
JOHN LATHROP, 
AARON DEXTER, 
OLIVER WENDELL, 
SAMUEL STILLMAN, 
NATHANIEL BALCH, 
SAMUEL HENSHAW, 
PETER THACHER, 
THOMAS WELSH, 
JOHN AVERY, Jr., 
JOHN CLARKE, 
JEREMIAH ALLEN, 
WILLIAM SPOONER, 
SAMUEL PARKMAN, 
JAMES SCOTT, 
EDWARD GRAY, 
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, 
JOSEPH COOLIDGE. 
WILLIAM EMERSON, 
SAMUEL BRADFORD, 
JONATHAN CHAPMAN, 
BENJAMIN RICH, 



JOSEPH S. BUCKMINSTER, 
THOMAS DAWES. 
CHARLES LOWELL, 
GEORGE G. LEE, 
EPHRAIM ELIOT, 
JONATHAN AMORY, 
HENDERSON INCHES, 
ANDREW RITCHIE, 
JOHN C. WARREN, 
BRYANT P. TILDEN, 
SAMUEL COBB, 
JOHN HEARD, Jr., 
PETER O. THACHER, 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, 
JOSEPH COOLIDGE, 
ROBERT G. SHAW, 
DANIEL P. PARKER, 
JOHN GORHAM, 
GEORGE HAYWARD, 
EDWARD H. ROB BINS, 
JACOB BIGELOW, 
JOHN C. GRAY, 



SAMUEL A. ELIOT, 
CHARLES P. CURTIS, 
JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT, 
JOHN L. GARDNER, 
HENRY OXNARD, 
SAMUEL AUSTIN, 
CHARLES G. LORING, 
JOHN HOMANS, 
ABBOTT LAWRENCE, 
ROBERT B. FORBES, 
SAMUEL HOOPER, 
DAVID SEARS, 
CHARLES AMORY, 
JOHN M. FORBES, 
FRANCIS B. CROWNINSHIELD, 
J. MASON WARREN, 
FRANCIS BACON, 
SAMUEL K. LOTHROP, 
WILLIAM APPLETON, 
GEORGE B. UPTON, 



WILLIAM AMORY, 
HENRY A. PIERCE, 
JAMES DAVIS, 
HENRY P. STURGIS, 
DAVID SEARS, Jr., 
JOHN P. BAYLEY, 
NATHANIEL THAYER, 
JOSEPH P. GARDNER, 
CHARLES D. HOMANS, 
JOHN HEARD, 
AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS, 
CALEB A. CURTIS, 
HENRY A. WHITNEY, 
H. HOLLIS HUNNEWELL, 
THOMAS MOTLEY, 
ABBOTT LAWRENCE, 
BENJ. W. CROWNINSHIELD, 
HENRY LEE, 
J. COLLINS WARREN. 



ACT OF INCORPORATION 



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Commontoealt!) of JSagsadjujsetts, 



IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY -ONE. 



AN ACT 

lo hicorporate and Establish a Society by the name of The Humane 

Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

WHEREAS, it is the duty of government at all times to 
countenance and support its citizens in their exertions for 
alleviating the distresses of their fellow-men ; and whereas, 
divers persons have petitioned this Court for an act of incor- 
poration, whereby they may more effectually carry into 
execution their benevolent designs: — 

Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 
same, That the Hon. Thomas Russell, Esq., Jonathan Mason, 
Esq., John Warren, M. D., Rev. Simeon Howard, D. D., Rev. 
Samuel Parker, D. D., John Avery, Jun. Esq,. Rev. John 
Lathrop, D. D., Rev. Peter Thacher, Rev. John Clarke, Dr. 
Thomas Welsh, Aaron Dexter, M. D., and Mr. Nathaniel Balch, 
together with all those who now are, and such others who shall 
become members thereof, be, and they are hereby erected into 



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and made a body politic corporate forever, by the name of The 
Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the 
said Corporation are hereby declared, and made capable in law 
of having, holding, purchasing, and taking in fee simple, or 
any less estate, by gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, any lands, 
tenements, or other estate, real and personal ; 'provided that 
the annual income of the said real and personal estate shall not 
exceed the sum of four thousand pounds ; and also to sell, 
alien, devise, or dispose of the same estate, real and personal, 
not using the same in trade or commerce. 

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 
said Corporation shall have full power and authority to make, 
have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and 
renew at pleasure ; that it shall be capable in law to sue and be 
sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, 
defend and be defended in all courts of record, or other courts 
or places whatsoever, in all actions, real, personal, and mixed, 
and to do and execute all and singular other matters and 
things, that to them shall and may appertain to do. 

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 
said Corporation may make, establish, and put in execution 
such laws and regulations as may be necessary to the govern- 
ment of said Corporation ; provided the same shall in no case 
be repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State ; and 
for the well governing of the said Corporation, and the ordering 
of their affairs, they shall have such officers as they shall 
hereafter from time to time elect and appoint ; and such officers 
as shall be designated by the laws and regulations of the said 
Corporation for the purpose, shall be capable of exercising 
such power for the well governing and ordering the affairs of 
the said Corporation, and calling and holding such occasional 
meetings for that purpose, as shall be fixed and determined by 
the said laws and regulations. 

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 
end and design of the institution of the said Society, is for the 
recovery of persons who meet with such accidents as produce 
in them the appearance of death, and for promoting the cause 



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of humanity, by pursuing such means from time to time, as 
shall have for their object the preservation of human life, and 
the alleviation of its miseries. ' 

And be it further enacted. That the place where the first 
meeting of the said Society shall be held, shall be in the town 
of Boston ; and that the Hon. Thomas Russell, Esq., be, and 
he hereby is,» authorized and empowered to fix the time for 
holding the said meeting, and to notify the same to the mem- 
bers of the said Society, by causing the same to be published 
in one of the Boston newspapers fourteen days before the time 
fixed on for holding the said meeting. 

In the House of Representatives, Feb. 21, 1 79 1 . 
This Bill having had three several readings, passed to be 
enacted. 

DAVID COBB, Speaker. 

In Senate, Feb. 23, 1791. 
This Bill having had two several readings, passed to be 
enacted 

SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. 

By the Governor approved. 

JOHN HANCOCK. 

True copy. Attest, 

JOHN AVERY, Jun., Secretary. 



GENERAL STATUTES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

Chapter 161, Section 88. 

OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY. 

(Injury or removal, etc., to property of Humane Society)} 

Whoever unlawfully enters any house or hut, the property 
of the Humane Society, and wilfully injures, destroys, removes, 
or carries away any food, fuel, oil, candles, furniture, utensils, 
or other property belonging to said Society, or unlawfully or 
wilfully enters any boat-house of said Society, and carries away, 
removes, or injures, any life-boat, car, or any of the ropes, 
tackle, oars, or any appurtenance thereof, or wilfully injures, or 
destroys, or unlawfully uses or commits any trespass upon the 
property of said Society, intended or kept for the purpose of 
saving or preserving human life, or commits any trespass upon 
such hut or boat-house, shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 
ing one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not 
exceeding ninety days ; but the penalties of this section shall 
not apply to persons for whose use said boats, houses, and 
other property are intended and kept. Pilots, commissioners 
of wrecks, sheriffs and their deputies, and constables, shall 
make complaint against all persons guilty of any offence under 
this section. 



BY-LAWS 



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ARTICLE I. 

The officers of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts shall consist of twelve Trustees, of whom 
one shall be President, two Vice-Presidents, one Treasurer, 
one Recording Secretary and one Corresponding Secretary. 
There shall also be annually appointed from the Board of 
Trustees, a Standing Committee of three, a Finance Com- 
mittee of two, and an Auditing Committee of two. 

ARTICLE II. 
The President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Recording Secre- 
tary, Corresponding Secretary, and Trustees, shall be elected 
by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold their offices 
until others are chosen in their stead. In case of the death, 
absence or inability to act, of any officer, his duties shall 
devolve as follows, to wit : In case of the President, his duties 
shall devolve upon the first Vice-President ; in case of the first 
Vice-President, upon the second Vice-President, in case of the 
Treasurer, upon the Recording Secretary, in case of the 
Recording Secretary, upon the Corresponding Secretary ; and 
in case of the disability of both Treasurer and Recording 
Secretary, the duties of Treasurer shall devolve upon the 
Corresponding Secretary. 



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ARTICLE III. 

The Trustees, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, 
except as hereinafter provided, shall have the entire care and 
management of all the concerns and funds of the Society. 
They shall also adjudge such rewards of merit as they may see 
fit, agreeably to the Charter and the By-Laws of the Society. 
In case, however, of any vacancy in their Board or in the 
offices of the Society, or in the appointment of agents, the 
quorum shall consist of seven Trustees, who may fill such' 
vacancies. Upon the resignation of any Trustee, his member- 
ship in the Society shall continue without further personal 
service, all persons chosen Trustees, thereby becoming 
members of the Society. 

ARTICLE IV. 

The Treasurer shall be in duty bound to see that all property 
belonging to the Society is held in its corporate name, and all 
evidences of said property shall remain in his custody. He 
shall have power to collect all dividends and other dues to the 
Society, and all transfers of stocks and other property of the 
Society shall be signed by the Treasurer and approved by one 
or more of the Finance Committee, which approval shall be in 
writing on the transfer signed by them. The Treasurer shall, 
with the approval of the Finance Committee, make all invest- 
ments of the funds of the Society, and change the same from 
time to time. The Treasurer shall also at the Annual Meeting, 
and at such other times as he may be requested so to do, by 
the Trustees, make a full exhibit of the accounts of the 
Society, which shall be examined and approved by the Audit- 
ing Committee at least once in every year. No money shall be 
paid by the Treasurer, without a vote of the Trustees, or an 



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order from the President, or on account of bills duly approved 
by the chairman of the Standing Committee. 



ARTICLE V. 

The Recording Secretary shall record all the votes of the 
Society, and shall keep an abstract of its proceedings, and 
shall record in full all such communications as the Trustees 
shall direct, and shall call the meetings of the Society and of 
the Trustees. 

ARTICLE VI. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall perform all the corre- 
spondence of the Society, reporting the same for the approval 
of the Trustees. 

ARTICLE VII. 

The Standing Committee shall have the general charge and 
detail of all the Huts, Boats, and Life-Saving apparatus of 
every kind, belonging to the Society. They shall investigate all 
claims for saving or attempting to save human life, shall have, 
under the direction of the Trustees, supervision of the affairs 
of the Society, and shall make a written report, to be presented 
at each meeting of the Board. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the 
second Tuesday in April, at which time it may elect members 
by a two-thirds vote, and the President shall call special meet- 
ings either of the Society or of the Trustees, at the request of 
three of the Trustees. 



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ARTICLE IX. 



Notice of all meetings of the Society shall be given by 
publishing the same in some daily morning newspaper in the 
city of Boston, not less than three times. The first publication 
to be seven days before, and the last on the day of the 
meeting. 

ARTICLE X. 

Meetings of the Trustees shall be held on the first Friday 
of every month, unless otherwise directed by the Trustees, and 
at such time and place as the Recording Secretary shall 
appoint. Notice of such meetings shall be sent to them one 
week previous to the same, and if it be a special meeting, it 
shall be so stated in the notice. 



ARTICLE XI. 

Any person within this Commonwealth, or any citizen of 
this Commonwealth, who shall by signal exertion or peril save 
or attempt to save human life, or any person who shall by 
signal exertion or peril save or attempt to save the life of a 
citizen of this Commonwealth, may be entitled to receive a 
reward not exceeding forty dollars in money, or either of the 
medals, or the certificate of the Society. 



ARTICLE XII. 

There shall be a common seal of the Society, and on it 
engraved a representation of the rescue of Moses by the 
daughter of Pharaoh, with the motto, i drew him from the 
waters. Exodus xi. 10. 



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ARTICLE XIII. 

These By-Laws may be amended at the Annual Meeting, 
notice of such intention being given in the call for said meet- 
ing, or at any other meeting of the Society called for that 
purpose. 

Note. — The By-Laws amended since they were printed in connection with the 
History of the Society in 1877, have been Articles III, VII, X, XI, and XIII. 



A LIST OF SOME OF 
THE AWARDS MADE BY THE SOCIETY, 

FROM JUNE, 1876, TO JUNE, 1880. 



1876. June 14. To John Handran, for his gallant conduct 
in going overboard from the U. S. ship Franklin, at Lisbon, in 
1876, and rescuing Henry O'Neal from drowning, the Certifi- 
cate of the Society. 

August 9. To G. L. H. Stevenson, of Winthrop, for his 
gallant conduct in rescuing from drowning, at great risk to 
himself, Kimball R. Smith, and William W. Smith, who were 
capsized in a sail boat, between Winthrop and Apple Island, in 
Boston harbor, the Bronze Medal. 

To William Higgins, of Lawrence, seaman of the U. S. 
ship Plymouth, for rescuing a shipmate from great peril, the 
Certificate of the Society. 

To Wendell B. Spooner, and others, for successful ex- 
ertions in rescuing from drowning several persons who had 
been capsized in boats in a squall in Plymouth harbor, June 
25th, 1876, the Silver Medal and Certificates of the Society. 

November 17. To Capt. D. S. Goodell, Jr., of the ship 
Brown Brothers, who went overboard off Cape Horn, and saved 
the life of William W. Beach, of Medford, one of his crew, the 
Silver Medal. 

1877. January 5. To Mr. Hurford, and the crew who 
in October, 1876, went to the schooner William Capes, on 
Tuckernuck Shoal, and took off the crew. $50 

To John Joseph O'Neill, for his gallant and successful 
efforts in rescuing Cornelius O'Hearn from drowning, off 
Winsor's wharf, 21st June, 1876, the Silver Medal. 



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March 2. To Arthur C. Harding, for rescuing three of 
his companions from an ice hole, the Bronze Medal. 

April 6. To Millard F. Newcomb, and his brother, 
Richard Newcomb, for their successful exertions in rescuing 
from drowning two boys named John O. Hall, and Frank 
Abbot, the Silver Medal. 

June 8. To Michael Manan, for his presence of mind and 
courage in saving the life of a woman, on the Boston & Albany 
Railroad, the Silver Medal. 

To James W. Marchant, and Frank Saunders, for their 
successful exertions in rescuing Howard and Warren Poland, 
on the 13th of March, when capsized off Lanesville, Cape Ann, 
and in great danger of perishing, the Silver Medal. 

August 3. To John Lynch White, for his gallantry in 
saving Edward Mooney from drowning, after the boy had sunk 
twice, the Silver Medal. 

September 7. To W t illiam R. Cabot, for his skill and 
gallantry in saving Anna Currie from drowning, at Beverly 
Farms, on the 4th of August, the Bronze Medal. 

November 2. To Charles Harvey, (Boatswain,) Anthony 
Depsey, Joseph Coarun, Patrick: Barry, and Herbert Til- 
ley, seamen of the British barque Thomas Brocklebank, of 
Liverpool, England, for rescuing the crew of the American 
schooner Louie A. Swett, of Boston, at sea, on the 10th of 
August, the Silver Medal. 

To Peter B. Brown, master of the British barque Thomas 
Brocklebank, for his humanity and kindness to the officers and 
crew of the American schooner Louie A. Swett, of Boston, 
Mass., abandoned at sea, August 10th, 1877, the Certificate of 
the Society. 

1878. January 4. To Thomas Keenan, for rescuing Charles 
Carter from drowning, November 3, 1877, the Silver Medal, 
and $10 

April 5. To James Poland, Quartermaster of the steamer 
Metropolis, for his heroic attempt to rescue the passengers and 
crew of that steamer, when wrecked on the coast of North 
Carolina, January 31, 1878, the Silver Medal. Also, to H. 
Payne Bartlett, Purser, and Capt. James F. Alcorn, passen- 



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ger, for their courageous and humane exertions, on the same 
occasion, the Certificate of the Society. 

May 3. To George W. Cushman, of Kingston, for his 
presence of mind and heroic conduct, in saving Sarah H. Bry- 
ant from drowning, in Sylvia Place Pond, on the 17th of Janu- 
ary, 1878, the Silver Medal. 

August 2. To William Shedd, of Hyde Park, for saving 
the lives of two children on the New York and New England 
Railroad, on the 8th of June, 1878, the Bronze Medal, 
and #15 

To James Russell, a man with only one leg, who jumped 
overboard, and at the imminent risk of his own life, .saved from 
drowning a boy named Thomas Hyde, on the 30th of June, 
1878, the Silver Medal. 

October 4. To Ellen A. Hadley, of Taunton, for saving 
the lives of five persons at Scaddin's Pond, on the 8th of July 
last, the Bronze Medal. 

To Herbert Cook, six years of age, for his bravery and 
presence of mind displayed in saving the life of a boy, William 
Franklin Dennis, aged two years, at Marblehead, in August 
last, the Silver Medal. 

November 1. To James H. Wilbur, and his son, John N. 
Kelley, for their arduous exertions in saving the life of Charles 
Killeen, mate of the wrecked schooner Etta A. Stimpson, on 
the 1 2th of October last, fifteen dollars each. $30 

1879. January 3. To Miss Sarah Harriman, of Taunton, 
for her fortitude and heroism in rescuing from drowning, a 
patient of the Insane Asylum of that place, on the 7th of No- 
vember last, the Silver Medal. 

To Mary A. McNamara, of Clinton, Mass., for her heroic 
and successful exertions in saving Lottie Burke from drown- 
ing, on the 1 2th of August last, the Silver Medal. 

April 23. To Thomas F. Sandsbury, of Nantucket, for his 
prompt and energetic action in saving life from vessels wrecked 
off Tuckernuck in the gale of March 31st, 1879, tne Silver 
Medal. Also, $25 each to Thos. F. Sandsbury, and seven 
others, on the same occasion. $200 



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To Captain Isaac F. Mayo, Murdock Kemp, Benjamin W. 
Atkins, Kenneth McPhee, and Allen McLeod, for their 
successful efforts in saving the crew of the schooner Sarah J. 
Fort, on the 3d of April, the Silver Medal. And, in addi- 
tion, a Diploma was presented to Captain Isaac F. Mayo, of 
Provincetown, in recognition of the great energy, efficiency, 
and courage shown by him in organizing and leading a boat's 
crew to the schooner on the same occasion. 

July 31. To William H. Means, and Joseph Veader, for 
their courageous and successful efforts in rescuing two men, 
two women, and three children, from an open cat-rigged boat, 
the Undine, capsized off Hough's Neck, Quincy, during 
the violent tornado of July 16th, the Silver Medal. Also, 
to William H. Means, fifteen dollars, lost by him on that 
occasion. $15 

To James L. Kelley, of South Boston, for his strenuous, 
although unsuccessful exertions, to save the life of his com- 
panion, John F. Barry, of South Boston, when capsized in the 
sudden storm of July 16th, between Hough's Neck and Sheep 
Island, the Bronze Medal. Also, ten dollars to Frank 
Whitemarsh, for going to the relief of Kelley as soon as his 
perilous situation was discovered. $10 

October 3. To W. J. Malcott, a young English sailor 
attached to the British ship Isles of the South, for rescuing E. 
McCrosson, who fell from Charlestown bridge on the 4th of 
August last, the Silver Medal. 

1880. February 6. To Thomas F. Joyce, who, by signal 
exertion, and at the peril of his own life, saved the lives of 
Nellie Mahon and Mary Mulvey, who fell through the ice at 
Readville, the Silver Medal. 

To Captain Thomas Harris, for his many acts of heroism 
in saving lives, the Silver Medal. 

March 5. To* Samuel Wyllys Dabney, and to Herbert 
Dabney, for their heroic and unwearied exertions in saving 
several lives in the terrible gale of November 30th, 1879, at 
Fayal, Azores, the Gold Medal. 

To Ensign Lovell K. Reynolds, U. S. N., for his cour- 
ageous and successful efforts in saving the Captain and crew 



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of the Austro-Hungarian barque " Olivo," in a severe gale of 
wind at sea, the Gold Medal. 

Sept. 3. To James Tripp, of Arlington, for his successful 
endeavors in rescuing many persons from drowning, on the 
occasion of the collision of the steamboats Stonington and 
Narragansett, on the night of June 11, the Silver Medal. 

To Rev. Henry J. Sheridan, of Westfield, for his heroic, 
but unsuccessful exertions in attempting to save the life of 
Charles R. Emery, who was drowned at Hampton Pond, Aug. 
13, the Silver Medal. 



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GOLD MEDAL 



The numerous gold medals awarded previous to 1849, over 
one hundred and sixteen, were of different sizes and values, 
but no exemplar is known to exist of any such medal struck 
from a die. 

From 1849 t0 tne present ' year, 1880, the medals awarded 
have been of silver and bronze, struck from the beautiful dies 
executed in England. 

At a stated meeting, held March 1, 1878, it was voted, 
"That the Trustees hereafter award a Gold Medal, when in 
their judgment extraordinary courage and self-devotion has 
been shown in saving, or attempting to save human life." 

On the seventh of February, 1879, Mr- Benjamin W. Crown- 
inshield, at a stated meeting held at his house, exhibited the 
first medal made in accordance with the above vote, and an 
accurate representation of which is given by the wood cuts 
facing the title of this imprint.* 

The face of the medal is the same as is used for the silver 
medal of the Society. The reverse is a wreath of oak and 
laurel, united at the base by a cable and anchor, giving ample 
space within the wreath for any inscription. The die for the 
reverse side was executed by Messrs. Tiffany & Company, of 
New York, from a design furnished by Mons. Auguste Borell, 
of Lowell. 

The first gold medals of this design were awarded in March 
last, to Messrs. Samuel Wyllys Dabney, and Herbert Dabney, 
of Fayal, Azores, and to Ensign Lovell K. Reynolds, U. S. N. 

* This wood cut was engraved by Russell & Richardson, of Boston. 



24 



LIFE SAVING STATIONS. 



In accordance with previous custom, we have placed on the 
following pages a list of the Life-boats, Mortar Stations, and 
Huts of Refuge, maintained upon our coast by the Humane 
Society. The number has increased from 18, in 1845, to 6j 
at the present time ; some stations formerly under our super- 
intendence, especially those in the harbor of Chatham, have 
been discontinued, having become no longer necessary ; some 
have been relinquished because of the establishment by the 
United States Government of Life-saving stations in their 
immediate vicinity, and the location of others has been changed 
for the sake of greater efficiency ; these reasons have caused 
the apparent excess in the number of the last station men- 
tioned in the Table above those in actual service. 

It will be noticed that many of the stations have recently 
been supplied with Hunt's gun and projectiles ; this is a piece 
of light calibre and can be easily handled by two men. With 
small charges of powder, a line, — a portion of which is me- 
chanically coiled in a canister attached to the shot, — can be 
thrown a great distance, between five and six hundred yards. 
A portion of the line loosely coiled on a deck or on the shore, 
and attached to the line in the canister, is taken up and carried 
some distance ; but the greater length is paid out from the 
projectile. The inventor, Mr. Edward S. Hunt, of Weymouth, 
Mass., has obtained letters patent both in the United States 
and England, through the assistance of the Society. The 
records, from June 4, 1878, to April 4, 1879, refer to the 



25 

experiments and outlays made for this simple but effective 
method of throwing lines, to certain correspondence and votes 
relating thereto, and also to interesting trials made in England 
in March, 1879, under the personal supervision of Mr. Hunt. 
Up to the present date, January 1, 188 1, thirteen of these guns 
have been placed at various stations. A gun of a heavier 
calibre and with heavier carriage has been made by Mr. Hunt, 
as better adapted for vessels. One of these guns can be seen 
on the steamship Decatur H. Miller, of the Boston, Norfolk & 
Baltimore Steamship Line. 



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30 



DISCOURSES BEFORE THE SOCIETY 



LIST OF EARLY MEMBERS. 



The list of officers and members given in the History pub- 
lished in 1877, was based on the Catalogue of 18 10, to which 
the names of most of the late members since 18 10 were added, 
gathered by the Publishing Committee with no little labor and 
research from various sources, the records having been entirely 
destroyed by the great Boston fire of the 9th and 10th of 
November, 1872. 

In the earlier years of the Society it was customary for 
persons to become members by the payment of an annual 
subscription, and when they ceased to subscribe, or in case, of 
death, their names were dropped from the roll. [See Note, 
page 5, History.] 

As it is interesting to know who all the promoters of this 
charity were, or who have been connected with the Society 
in any way, additional names are given on subsequent pages, 
— taken from some of the'lists appended to the annual dis- 
courses delivered up to the year 18 18. This is but a partial 
list of such names, and any future historian, by a careful perusal 
of all the Catalogues printed, will doubtless find many more 
to be added. 

When a name is given in the accompanying list, which 
already appears in the Catalogue of the History, it signifies 
that two persons of the same name, generally father and son, 
have been members, and it would be well in any future general 



3i 

Catalogue, to append to such double names dates of member- 
ship when definitely or even approximately obtained. The 
title and orthography as given in the Catalogues from which 
the names were taken, we retain in this list. 

In the Libraries of Harvard College, the Boston Athenaeum, 
the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in the Boston Public 
Library may be found copies of most if not all of the discourses 
which were published. Frequently they will be found bound 
in volumes with other tracts or pamphlets, but in several in- 
stances many of the discourses are bound up together. 

In the Athenaeum Library such discourses as belonged to 
the Rev'. Dr. Francis Parkman-, the Historian of the Society, 
seem to have found a resting place, and also his own copy of 
the History, in which are a few annotations in manuscript. 

In all of the printed discourses and their appendices, are to 
be found interesting data. The list of discourses has been 
supplemented at its close by certain lettering and a note, indi- 
cating where they are to be found. 

The Recording Secretary has recently acquired eighteen of 
these addresses for the archives of the Society, which are also 
designated. 



32 



DISCOURSES. 



The following list shows the names of those gentlemen who 
have delivered discourses before the Humane Society since 
its institution : — 



1787 


a 


b 






s 


1788 






c 






1789 












1790 


a 


b 




d 


s 


1791 












1792 


a 


b 






s 


1793 


a 


b 






s 


1794 


a 


b 






s 


1795 


a 


b 






s 


1796 


a 


b 


c 


d 




1797 


a 


b 




d 




1.798 


a 


b 






s 


1799 


a 


b 


c 


d 


s 


1800 


a 


b 


c 


d 


s 


1 801 


a 


b 


c 




s 


1802 


a 


b 


c 




s 


1803 


a 


b 


c 




s 


1804 


. a 


b 








1805 


a 


b 






s 


1806 


a 


b 


c 


d 


s 


1807 


a 


b 


c 




s 


1808 


a 


b 


c 




s 


1809 












1810 












1811 


a 


b 


c 


d 


s 


1812 


a 


b 


c 


d 


s 



JOHN LATHROP, D.D. 
SIMEON HOWARD, D.D. 
PETER THACHER, D.D. 
BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE, M.D. 
SAMUEL PARKER, D.D. 
JOHN BARTLETT, M.D. 
JOHN CLARK, D.D. 
THOMAS BARNARD, D.D. 
Hon. JOHN BROOKS. 
CHANDLER ROBBINS, D.D. 
JOHN FLEET, M.D. 
WILLIAM WALTER, D.D. 
ISAAC HURD, M.D. 
Rev. THOMAS THACHER. 
JEDIDIAH MORSE, D.D. 
ELIPHALET PORTER, D.D. 
JOHN S. J. GARDINER, D.D. 
JOHN C. HOWARD, M.D. 
THOMAS GRAY, D.D. 
THADDEUS M. HARRIS, D.D. 
Rev. WILLIAM EMERSON. 
THOMAS DANFORTH, M.D. 
JOSEPH M'KEAN, LL.D. 
JOHN T. KIRKLAND, D.D. 
LEMUEL SHAW, LL.D. 
Rev. HENRY COLMAN. 



33 



1813 abed 


JAMES KENDALL, D.D. 


1814 


JOHN ALLYN, D.D. 


1815 


Rev. HORACE HOLLEY 


1816 


JOHN GORHAM, M.D. 


1817 a b c 


WILLIAM TUDOR, Esq. 



Note. — At a special meeting of the Society, March, 1 818, 
it was voted, partly in consideration of the increasing number 
of charitable occasions, to discontinue the public celebrations. 
Most of the preceding discourses were published. Such as 
are to be found in the leading Libraries of this community, are 
indicated by the italic letters — a, b, c, d. 

The letter a signifies Harvard College Library ; b, Massa- 
chusetts Historical Society Library ; c, Boston Athenaeum 
Library ; d, Boston Public Library. 

The letter s indicates the discourses that are in the posses- 
sion of the Society. 

In the Boston Athenaeum may also be found a pamphlet of 
28 pages, printed in Boston in 1788, entitled "Institution of 
the Humane Society, with the Rules, etc., and Catalogue of 
Members." 



34 



NAMES OF 

EARLY. MEMBERS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, 

TO BE ADDED TO ANY FUTURE CATALOGUE. 
IMMEDIATE MEMBERS. 



A. 
Dr. Samuel Adams. 
Mr. William Allen. 
Mr. Azor Archbald. 
Hon. Benj. Austin, Jun., Esq. 

B. 

Loammi Baldwin, Esq. , Woburn. 

Dr. Joshua Barker. 

Joseph Barrett, Esq. 

Samuel Barrett, Esq. 

Mr. Shubael Bell. 

Mr. Nathanael Bethune. 

Mr. William Billings. 

Samuel Blodgett, Esq., Haverhill. 

Mr. Nathan Bond. 

James Bowdoin, Jun., Esq., Dor- 
chester. 

Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq., 
Dresden. 

Samuel Breck, Esq. 

Martin Brimmer, Esq. 

John Brown, Esq. 



Dr. Samuel Brown. 
Thomas Bulfinch, M. D. 

C. 
Hon. Peleg Coffin, Esq. 
Samuel Cooper, Esq. 
Hon. Richard Cranch, Esq., 

Braintree. 
Thomas Cushing, Jun., Esq. 
Mr. Benjamin Clarke Cutler. 
Mr. John Cushing. 

[in add. to Rev. J. C] 

D. 
Hon. Caleb Davis, Esq. 
Robert Davis, Esq. 
Hon. Thomas Davis. 
Hon. Thomas Davis, Jun., Esq. 
Mr. Gilbert Deblois. 
Richard Devens, "Esq. 
Mr. John Deverell. 
Hon. Samuel Dexter, Esq., 
Mendon. 



35 



Isaiah Doane. 

Mr. Ebenezer Dorr. 



Mr. Samuel James. 
Leonard Jarvis, Esq. 



Mr. Simon Elliot. 
Mr. Thomas English. 
Mr. John Erving, Jun. 
Rev. Oliver Everett. 

F. 
Joshua Farrington, Esq. 
Capt. Nathaniel Fellow., 
Mr. Bossenger Foster. 
Mr. Williajn Foster. 
Mr. Jonathan Freeman. 

G. 

Mr. Willard Gray, Dedham. 

Nathan Goodale, Esq. 

Stephen Gorham, Esq. 

Capt. John Gray. 

Francis Greene, Esq. , Medford. 

Mr. Joseph Greene. 

Mr. John Greenleaf. 

H. 

Mr. Nathaniel Hall, Medford. 
Mr. Moses M. Hayes. 
Samuel Henshaw, Esq. 
Alexander Hodgdon, Esq. 
Dr. John Homans. (1787) 
[in addition to his son John 
Homans, M. D. ] 
Dr. John Clarke Howard. 
Mr. Joseph Howe. 
Mr. Henry Hunter. 

j- 

Hon. Jonathan Jackson, Esq. 

Henry Jackson, Esq. 

Mr. John Jackson, Charlestown. 



K. 

Dr. Thomas Kast. . 

Mr. Bartholomew Kneeland. 

Mrs. Susanna Kneeland. 



Esq. 



Esq. 



L. 
Hon. Benj. Lincoln, 

Hingham. 
Benjamin Lincoln, Jun. 
James Lloyd, Jun., Esq. 
. [in addition to J. L., M. D.] 
Isaac Lothrop, Esq., Plymouth.* 
Hon. John Lowell, Esq. 
[in addition to Mr. John Lowell.] 

M. 

Mr. Charles Miller, Jun. 
George Richards Minot, Esq. 
Rev. John Murray. 

N. 
Mr. Henry Newman. 
Mr. John Nicholson, Medford. 

O. 

Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver, 
Marblehead. 

P. 

Edward Payne, Esq. 
Mr. Joshua Pico. 
Mr. Isaac Pierce. 
Rev. John Pipon, Tauntotz. 
Mr. Robert Pope. 
William Powell, Esq. 
Mr. Henry Prentiss. 
Ezekiel Price. 



36 



R. 
Mr. Sampson Read. 
Mrs. Hannah Rowe. 
Mr. Daniel Russell. 
Mr. Ezekiel Russell. 
Mr. Joseph Russell. 



Mr. Daniel Sergeant, Jun. 

[in addition to Dr. S. ] 
William Scollay, Esq. 
Hon. William Sever, 

Kingston. 
Mr. William Selby. 
Mr. William Shattuck. 
Hon. William Shepard, 

Westfield. 
William Sherburne, Esq. 
Dr. Oliver Smith. 
Mr. William P. Smith. 
Capt. Nehemiah Somes. 
Mr. David Spear. 
Dr. Charles Stockbridge, Scituate. 
Ebenezer Storer, Esq. 



Mr. Bradstreet Story. 
Hon. James Sullivan. 
Mr. George Sutherland. 
James Swan, Esq. 
John Sweetser, Esq, 

T. 
Mr. John Templeman. 
Sieur Le Tombe. 
Dr. David Townsend. 
Hon. Cotton Tufts, 
Weymouth. 

W. 

Thomas Walley, Esq. 
Josiah Waters, Esq. 
Dr. Thomas Welch. 
Arnold Welles, Esq. 
Rev. Samuel West, D. D. 
Mr. David West. 
Mr. James White. 
Rev. Joseph Willard, D. D. , 

LL. D. , Cambridge. 
Dr. Moses Willard, Roxbury. 



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HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, late Chief Justice of the United States. 

William Howes, M. D. , London. 

Rev. John Kemp, Edinburgh. 

Note. — Andrew Brown, M. D. , Edinburgh, mentioned in the 
History as an Honorary Member, should probably read, Rev. 
Andrew Brown, D. D. 

As before stated, this is but a partial list of the names of earlier 
members. 



NAMES OF EARLY OFFICERS TO BE ADDED TO ANY 
FUTURE CATALOGUE. 

The early catalogues seem to show that there should be added to 
the lists of former officers the following : — 

PRESIDENT. 

ARNOLD WELLES.* (1804) 

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. 

WILLIAM TUDOR. 1804. 

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. 

FRANCIS J. OLIVER. 

* The name of Arnold Welles, Esq. was not even included in the list of Trustees 
given by Dr. Parkman in his history of 1845. Mr. Welles was President of the 
Society in 1803-4, as appears by the list of officers prefacing the discourse of Dr. 
John Howard, published in 1804. 



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TREASURER. 

EBEN GAY. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

WILLIAM EMERSON. (1804) 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

WILLIAM ALLINE. (1804) 

TRUSTEES. 

SHUBAEL BELL. JOSIAH QUINCY. Jr. 

JOSEPH CALLENDER. JOSHUA THOMAS, M. D. 

Rev. JOHN ELIOT. JAMES WHITE. 
THOMAS K. JONES. 

As the first twenty pages of this imprint were struck off several 
months ago, it was impossible to include the above names in the list 
then printed. 

The delay has been caused by the proposed changes in the boats 
and stations. W. 



Boston, Feb. 



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EXTRACTS FROM 

EARLIER PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON 



Rev. JOHN LATHROP. 

The following letter, which may be of interest, will be found 
printed in connection with " A Discourse delivered in King's 
Chapel, Boston, before the Humane Society of Massachusetts, 
at their semi-annual meeting, June 8, 1813. By James Ken- 
dall, Minister of the First Church in Plymouth. Boston. 
Printed by John Eliot, No. 5, Court Street, 18 13."* 

Letter from General Washington to the Secretary of the 
Humane Society. 

Mount Vernon, June 22d, 1788. 
Reverend and respected Sir, 

Your acceptable favour of the 16th of May, covering a 
recent publication of the proceedings of the Humane Society, 
has, within a few days paft, been put into my hands. 

I obferve, with fingular fatisfaction, the cafes in which your 
benevolent inftitution has been inftrumental in recalling fome 

* In a Note on page 28 of the discourse, reference is made to the death, since the 
last anniversary of the Society, of Rev. John Eliot, D. D., "one of its most active 
members," and of John Derby, Esq., "who left for the benefit of the Society a 
legacy of $300," but whose name does not appear among the benefactors, men- 
tioned on p. 102 of the History. 



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of our fellow creatures (as it were) from beyond the gates of 
eternity, and has given occafion for the hearts of parents and 
friends to leap for joy. The provifion made for fhipwrecked 
mariners is alfo highly eftimable in the view of every philan- 
thropick mind and greatly confolatory to that fuffering part 
of the community. Thefe things will draw upon you the 
bleffings of thofe who were ready to perifh. 

Thefe works of charity and good-will towards men reflecT:, 
in my eftimation, great luftre upon the authours, and prefage an 
sera of ftill farther improvements. How pitiful, in the eye of 
reafon and religion, is that falfe ambition which defolates the ' 
world with fire and fword for the purpofes of conqueft and 
fame ; when compared to the milder virtues of making our 
neighbours and our fellow men as happy as their frail condi- 
tions and perifhable natures will permit them to be ! 

I am happy to find that the propofed general government 
meets with your approbation, as indeed it does with that of 
molt difinterefted and difcerning men. The convention of 
this ftate is now in feffion, and I cannot but hope that the 
conftitution will be adopted by it, though not without confid- 
erable oppofition. I truft, however, that the commendable 
example exhibited by the minority in your ftate will not be 
without its falutary influence in this. In truth it appears to 
me that (fhould the propofed government be generally and 
harmonioufly adopted) it will be a new phenomenon in the 
political and moral world ; and an aftonifhing victory gained 
by enlightened reafon over brutal force. 

I have the honour to be, 

With very great confideration, 
Reverend and refpecled Sir, 

Your moft obedient and humble fervant, 

Geo. Washington. 

The Rev. John Lathrop, D. D. 



EARLY DIRECTIONS FOR SAVING LIFE, 1787. 



The first known printed directions issued by the Humane 
Society for restoring the apparently drowned, were appended 
to the discourse of Rev. Dr. John Lathrop, in connection with 
the first known Catalogue of Members, in 1787. 

Some of these directions are so curious, and as they show 
an attempt made at that early day to provide all known and 
approved apparatus, they are now reprinted as a matter of 
history. 

At the same time, by permission of the Honorable John 
Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and 
through the courtesy of Sumner I. Kimball, Esquire, General 
Superintendent of the United States Life Saving Service, the 
directions for restoring the apparently drowned, and the in- 
structions for saving drowning persons by swimming, adopted 
by the United States Service in 1877 and now observed, are 
also reprinted. 

As but a few copies of the foregoing By-Laws, and the 
accompanying data are needed, a distinct title page has been 
given to the valuable directions and instructions of the Life 
Saving Service, in order that a large number may be struck off 
for the information of the Agents of this Society and the 
public. 

The Standing Committee has also been instructed by the 
Trustees, to cause these directions and instructions to be 
printed in broadside, with a view to having them mounted in 
some permanent way, and placed in conspicuous positions at 
homes of refuge, at sea-shore resorts, bathing places, and 
other points where loss of life by drowning is possible. 



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[From the Appendix to Dr. Lathrop's Discourse, 1787.] 



Methods of Treatment to be ufed 
with Perfons apparently dead from 
drowning, &c. 

THOUGH the following Methods are chiefly adapted to 
cafes of apparent death from drowning, yet the Society think 
it proper toobferve, that moft of the means of reftoration 
herein recommended are applicable to a confiderable variety 
of other cafes, fuch as hanging, convulfion fits, cold, fuffoca- 
tion by damps, or noxious vapours, the confined air of wells, 
cifterns, caves, or the muft of fermenting liquors. — The 
Society have in the moft effential Articles of Treatment, 
followed the recommendations of foreign Societies of a fimi- 
lar nature ; though they have endeavoured by a few neceffary 
alterations, to render them more conformable to the particu- 
lar circumftances of the Countrv. 

I. f I ^ H E unfortunate perfon is to be conveyed carefully to 
the neareft publick or other houfe open for its recep- 
tion, in fuch a manner as to prevent the extinction 
of any fmall remains of life that may exift : For this purpofe 
the head is to be raifed a little, as in bed, and the body fhould 
be carried in a natural and eafy pofture, as in the fame 
fituation. 

II. The object is to be immediately ftripped, and laid on a 
warm bed, and the fkin well dried with heated flannels, the 
mud and froth to be removed from the mouth and noftrils ; 
if the body was naked at the time of the accident, it is then 



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to be furrounded as expeditioufly as poffible with a hot blan- 
ket, and thoroughly dried with coarfe cloths or flannels. 

III. When the air is very cold or moi/i, the various 
Methods of Treatment are to be made ufe of near a large fire, 
or in a heated apartment. On the other hand, if the weather 
is warm, or fultry, (as in the fummer feafon) the windows and 
doors of the room mould be opened ; and in every other 
poffible way a cool ref refiling air obtained ; as it is of the 
greater! importance in bringing forward the latent fpark of 
life, or in reftoring natural breathing. 

IV. No perfons are to be admitted into the room, but thofe 
who are actually employed in exerting their utmoft endeavours 
for the recovery of the unfortunate : fix perfons are therefore 
the greateft number that can ever prove ufeful on fuch occa- 
fions ; and thofe who are by-ftanders for the fake of curiofity 
ihould be requefted to withdraw, as their prefence may retard 
or totally prevent the reftoration. 

V. The fmoke of tobacco thrown up the fundament mould 
be ranked among the earlier! applications; if a fumigator* 
ihould not be at hand, the common pipe will anfwer the pur- 
pofe of applying this vapour to the bowels. So eafy and 
important an operation mould be repeatedly performed, as the 
good effects of tobacco fmoke have been proved in many cafes. 

VI. The fkin is to be gently rubbed with warm woollen 
cloths, and a warming-pan heated (the body being furrounded 
with flannel) may lightly be moved up and down the back for 
a confiderable time. Wooden bottles, filled with hot water, 



* Two fets of thefe inftruments are already procured at the expence of 
the Society ; one fet is depofited, by order of the Truftees, with Doct. 
John Warren, in School-Street, another with Doct. David Towns- 
end, in Effex-Street : The Truftees intend, as foon as poffible, to procure 
one or two more fets, when the Publick will be notified with whom they are 
lodged. — When the common pipe is ufed, the fmoke is to be blown with 
the mouth from the bowl, through the ftem, into the fundament, covering 
the bowl with a handkerchief, or thin piece of linen. 



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&c. or heated bricks, covered with flannel, may be efficacioufly 
applied to the foles of the feet, palms of the hands, and other 
parts of the body. 

VII. I f a child has been drowned, its body fhould be wiped 
perfectly dry, and immediately placed in bed between two 
perfons of good conftitution ; the falutary effects of the 
natural vital warmth have been clearly proved in a variety of 
fuccefsful cafes. 

VIII. The body is to be rubbed with flannels, fprinkled 
with fpirits, and fomentations of hot rum are to be applied to 
the breaft, &c. and often renewed. The noftrils may be every 
now and then tickled with a feather ; fnuff and volatiles 
fhould be occafionally made ufe of, to excite fneezing if poffible. 
The various means of recovery mould be made ufe of by the 
affijlants for feveral hours ; the body is to be gently fhaken 
every ten minutes, in order to render the procefs more certainly 
fuccefsful ; and the bodies of children in particular are to be 
agitated, by taking hold of their arms and legs frequently, and 
for a continuance of time. In a variety of inftances agitation, 
in conjunction with the methods laid down, has forwarded the 
recovery of boys who had been drowned, and continued for a 
confiderable time apparently dead. 

IX. I f there be any figns of returning life, fuch as fighing, 
gafping, convullive motions, pulfation or a natural warmth, a 
fpoonful of any warm liquid may be adminiftered ; and if it 
proves that the power of fwallowing has returned, then a cor- 
dial draught may be given in fmall quantities, but not without 
the direction of a Phyfician. 

Bleeding is never to be employed in fuch cafes, unlefs by 
the direction of one of the Medical Affiftants, or fome other 
respectable Gentleman of the faculty, who has paid attention to 
fuch unfortunate accidents. 

The methods which have been fo fully recommended, are 
to be made ufe of with vigour for feveral hours, although no 



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favourable circumftances mould arife ; for it is a vulgar and 
dangerous opinion to fuppofe that perfons are irrecoverable, 
becaufe life does not foon make its appearance ; and upon this 
opinion, an immenfe number of the feemingly dead have been 
committed to the grave, who might have been restored 
to life, by refolntion and perfeverance in the Plans of Treat- 
ment now recommended. 

Whenever any good has been produced by the means 
recommended, the Perfon who has fuperintended the cure is 
defired to write a circumftantial account of it to the Society. 



DIRECTIONS 



Restoring the Apparently Drowned 



INSTRUCTIONS 



SAVING DROWNING PERSONS BY SWIMMING 
TO THEIR RELIEE. 



AS ADOPTED BY THE 



IN 1877. 




Fig. 1. 




Fig. 2. 



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DIRECTIONS 



FOR 



RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED. 



Rule I. Arottse the patient. — Unless in danger of freezing, 
do not move the patient, but instantly expose the face to a 
current of fresh air, wipe dry the mouth and nostrils, rip the 
clothing, so as to expose the chest and waist, and give two or 
three quick, smarting slaps on the stomach and chest with the 
open hand. If the patient does not revive, then proceed thus : 

Rule II. To draw off zvater, &c, froi7i the stomach and 
chest.- — (See Fig. I.) — If the jaws are clenched, separate them, 
and keep the mouth open by placing between the teeth a cork 
or small bit of wood ; turn the patient on the face, a large 
bundle of tightly-rolled clothing being placed beneath the 
stomach, and press heavily over it for half a minute, or so long 
as fluids flow freely from the mouth. 

Rule III. To produce breatliiug. — (See Fig. II.) — Clear the 
mouth and throat of mucus, by introducing into the throat the 
corner of a handkerchief wrapped closely around the fore- 
finger ; turn the patient on the back, the roll of clothing being 
so placed beneath it as to raise the pit of the stomach above 
the level of any other part of the body. If there be another 



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person present, let him, with a piece of dry cloth, hold the tip 
of the tongue out of one corner of the mouth, (this prevents 
the tongue from falling back and choking the entrance to the 
windpipe,) and with the other hand grasp both wrists and keep 
the arms forcibly stretched back above the head, thereby 
increasing the prominence of the ribs, which tends to enlarge 
the chest. The two last-named positions are not, however, 
essential to success. Kneel beside or astride the patient's 
hips, and with the balls of the thumbs resting on either side 
of the pit of the stomach, let the fingers fall into the grooves 
between the short ribs, so as to afford the best grasp of the' 
waist. Now, using your knees as a pivot, throw all your 
weight forward on your hands, and at the same time squeeze 
the waist between them, as if you wished to force everything 
in the chest upward out of the mouth ; deepen the pressure 
while you can count slowly one, two, three ; then suddenly let 
go with a final push, which springs you back to your first 
kneeling position. Remain erect on your knees while you can 
count one, two, three ; then repeat the same motions as before 
at a rate gradually increased from four or five to fifteen times 
in a minute, and continue thus this bellows movement with 
the same regularity that is observable in the natural motions 
of breathing which you are imitating. If natural breathing be 
not restored, after a trial of the bellows movement for the 
space of three or four minutes, then, without interrupting the 
artificial respiration, turn the patient a second time on the 
stomach, as directed in Rule II, rolling the body in the oppo- 
site direction from that in which it was first turned, for the 
purpose of freeing the air-passages from any remaining water. 
Continue the artificial respiration from one to four hours, or 
until the patient breathes ; and for a while, after the appear- 
ance of returning life, carefully aid the first short gasps until 
deepened into full breaths. Continue the drying and rubbing, 
which should have been unceasingly practiced from the begin- 
ning, taking care not to interfere with the means employed to 
produce breathing. Thus the limbs of the patient should be 
rubbed, always in an upright direction towards the body, with 
firm-grasping pressure and energy, using the bare hands, dry 



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flannels or handkerchiefs, and continuing the friction under 
the blankets or over the dry clothing. The warmth of the 
body can also be promoted by the application of hot flannels 
to the stomach and arm-pits, bottles or bladders of hot water, 
heated bricks, &c, to the limbs and soles of the feet. 

Rule IV. After Treatment. — Exterrially. : As soon as 
breathing is established let the patient be stripped of all wet 
clothing, wrapped in blankets only, put to bed comfortably 
warm, but with a free circulation of fresh air, and left to 
perfect rest. Internally : Give a little brandy and hot water, 
or other stimulant at hand, every ten or fifteen minutes for the 
first hour, and as often thereafter as may seem expedient. 
Later manifestations : After reaction is fully established, there 
is great danger of congestion of the lungs, and if perfect rest 
is not maintained for at least forty-eight hours, it sometimes 
occurs that the patient is seized with great difficulty of breath- 
ing, and death is liable to follow unless immediate relief is 
afforded. In such cases apply a large mustard-plaster over the 
breast. If the patient gasps for breath before the mustard 
takes effect, assist the breathing by carefully repeating the 
artificial respiration. 

Note. — An eminent authority, Dr. Labordette, the Super- 
vising Surgeon of the Hospital of Lisieux, in France, appears 
to have established that the clenching of the jaws and the 
semi-contraction of the fingers, which have hitherto been 
considered signs of- death, are, in fact, evidences of remaining 
vitality. After numerous experiments with apparently drowned 
persons, and also with animals, he concludes that these are 
only signs accompanying the first stage of suffocation by 
drowning, the jaws and hands becoming relaxed when death 
ensues.* This being so, the mere clenching of the jaws and 
semi-contraction of the hands must not be considered as 
reasons for the discontinuance of efforts to save life, but 



* The muscular rigidity of death {rigor mortis) occurs later, after the 
temporary relaxation here referred to. 



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should serve as a stimulant to vigorous and prolonged efforts 
to quicken vitality. Persons engaged in the tasks of resuscita- 
tion are, therefore, earnestly desired to take hope and encour- 
agement for the life of the sufferer, from the signs above 
referred to, and to continue their endeavors accordingly. In a 
number of cases Dr. Labordette restored to life persons whose 
jaws were so firmly clenched that, to aid respiration, their 
teeth had to be forced apart with iron instruments. 



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INSTRUCTIONS 



FOR 



SAVING DROWNING PERSONS BY SWIMMING 
TO THEIR RELIEF. 



1. When you approach a person drowning in the water 
assure him, in a loud and firm voice, that he is safe. 

2. Before jumping in to save him, divest yourself as far and 
as quickly as possible of all clothes ; tear them off, if neces- 
sary ; but if there is not time, loose at all events the foot of 
your drawers, if they are tied, as, if you do not do so, they will 
fill with water and drag you. 

3. On swimming to a person in the sea, if he be struggling, 
do not seize him then, but keep off for a few seconds till he 
gets quiet, for it is sheer madness to take hold of a man when 
he is struggling in the water, and if you do you run a great 
risk. 

4. Then get close to him and get fast hold of the hair of his 
head, turn him as quickly as possible on to his back, give'him 
a sudden pull, and this will cause him to float, then throw 
yourself on your back also and swim for the shore, both hands 



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having hold of his hair, you on your back and he also on his, 
and of course his back to your stomach. In this way you will 
get sooner and safer ashore than by any other means, and you 
can easily thus swim with two or three persons ; the writer 
has even, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with 
them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One great advantage of 
this method is that it enables you to keep your head up, and 
also to hold the person's head up you are trying to save. It is 
of primary importance that you take fast hold of the hair and 
throw both the person and yourself on your backs. After 
many experiments it is usually found preferable to all other 
methods. You can in this manner float nearly as long as you 
please, or until a boat or other help can be obtained. 

5. It is believed there is no such a thing as a death-grasp; 
at least it is very unusual to witness it. As soon as a drown- 
ing man begins to get feeble and to lose his recollection he 
gradually slackens his hold until he quits it altogether. No 
apprehension need, therefore, be felt on that head when 
attempting to rescue a drowning person. 

6. After a person has sunk to the bottom, if the water be 
smooth, the exact position where the body lies may be known 
by the air-bubbles, which will occasionally rise to the surface, 
allowance being of course made for the motion of the water, 
if in a tide-way or stream, which will have carried the bubbles 
out of a perpendicular course in rising to the surface. A body 
may be often regained from the bottom, before too late for 
recovery, by diving for it in the direction indicated by these 
bubbles. 

7. On rescuing a person by diving to the bottom, the hair of 
the head should be seized by one hand only, and the other 
used, in conjunction with the feet, in raising yourself and the 
drowning person to the surface. 

8. If in the sea it may sometimes be a great error to try to 
get to land. If there be a strong "outsetting" tide, and you 



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are swimming either by yourself, or having hold of a person 
who cannot swim, then get on your back and float till help 
comes. Many a man exhausts himself by stemming the bil- 
lows for the shore on a back-going tide, and sinks in the effort, 
when, if he had floated, a boat or other aid might have been 
obtained. 

9. These instructions apply alike to all circumstances, — 
whether as regards the roughest sea or smooth water. 



INDEX 



By-Laws, . . ■ . . . . 13 

Charter or Act of Incorporation, 9 

Directions and Instructions for Saving Life, as adopted by U. S. Life-saving 

Service, 49 

Discourses before the Society, and Early Members, . . . . . 30 

Early Directions for Saving Life, . . . 41 

Early Methods of Treatment, . . . . . . . . . 42 

Extracts from Early Publications, 39 

General Statutes, Injury to Property of Humane Society, . . . . 12 

Letter from General Washington, 39 

Life Saving Stations, 24 

List of Premiums from June, 1876, to June,. 1880, 18 

Names of Early Honorary Members, 37 

Names of Early Members, 34 

Names of Early Officers, additional, 37 

Names of Gentlemen who have delivered Discourses, 32 

Officers for 1880-81, . 5 

Officers from the formation of the Society, 6 

Table of Life Boats, Stations, &c, 26 

The Society's Gold Medal, 23 



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